The Executive Team is the management team of the University. It includes the provost
and vice president of academic affairs, and the vice presidents for finance, student
affairs and advancement, administration, and research and strategic planning. It also
includes the treasurer and secretary of the board of trustees. These leaders carry
out the day-to-day responsibilities of managing the University. Each holds specific
executive powers conferred with and by the authority of the President of the University.

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Biography

Dr. Glenn D. Mroz became the ninth
president of Michigan Technological University in 2004 after serving as Dean of the School of Forest Resources and Environmental
Science for four years. He served as a faculty member in the School since 1980. Dr.
Mroz earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Forestry from Michigan Technological University
and earned his Ph.D. degree in Forestry from North Carolina State University in 1983.

Mroz is Chair of the Presidents Council State Universities of Michigan and former
Chair of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Council of Presidents;
he has also served as a trustee of the Citizens Research Council of Michigan. As President
he has supported the formation of the Michigan Tech Entrepreneurial Support Corporation
and Superior Innovations - corporations that support startup companies. He is also
a member of the Society of American Foresters, Xi Sigma Pi, Forestry Honor Society.

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Jacqueline Huntoon is
provost and vice president for academic affairs at Michigan Technological University. Huntoon has been dean of Michigan Tech’s Graduate
School since 2005 and associate provost since 2011. She is also a professor in the
Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences.

Huntoon has been recognized nationally for her leadership in higher education and
in her field of geology. She currently serves as the chair of the Graduate Record
Exam Board, which oversees the exams most commonly used to evaluate the qualifications
of students applying for graduate school, and she has served as program director for
diversity and education at the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Geosciences.

Huntoon earned her PhD in Geology at the Pennsylvania State University. She is a member
of the American Society for Engineering Education and has been elected a Fellow of
the Geological Society of . . .

Cook joined Michigan Tech in July 2003, serving as vice provost and dean of students
before assuming the role of vice president. Before coming to the University, he was
the associate vice president for student life at the University of the Pacific in
Stockton, California.

Cook is actively involved with a number of professional and student service associations,
he serves as a member of the NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
Foundation Board and was formerly region IV-east vice president for the national board.
Cook serves as chair of the chief student affairs officers group for the Michigan
Association of State Universities and is on the board for Student Affairs Today. He
also . . .

From 1991 until 2004, she was director of the university's human resources department,
directing the functions of payroll, employment, faculty personnel, labor relations,
compensation, classification, and benefits. From 1989-1991, she was manager of employee
relations operations.

She came to Michigan Tech in 1985 as a part-time instructor in the School of Business
and Economics. She became a full-time instructor in 1986. Prior to her appointment
at Michigan Tech, she taught at Ferris State University and Central Michigan University.

Horsch earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Michigan Tech in
1978 and a master's in economics from Central Michigan . . .

Reed is a professor in Michigan Tech’s School of Forest Resources and Environmental
Science and has been a principal investigator or co-investigator on more than $9 million
in externally funded research since coming to the University in 1982. His work has
involved researchers from a variety of disciplines at the University as well as from
outside institutions, and his many sponsors range from the National Science Foundation
to Mead Paper.

Reed has received a number of recognitions for his teaching and research, including
the Scientific Achievement Award from the International Union of Forest Research Organizations.
This international recognition of scientific achievement in forest research is given
to no more than ten scientists every five years worldwide. He . . .

From 2013 until 2016, Julie was the Executive Director of
Financial Services and Operations. From 2008 until 2016, she was also the executive director of the university’s sponsored
programs office, directing the federal and state proposal submissions, award negotiations,
and financial compliance and reporting. From 1994 to 2008, she was the manager of
the university’s sponsored programs accounting office, directing the external and
internal financial compliance and reporting requirements of sponsored programs.

She came to Michigan Tech in 1990 as an Assistant Research Accountant. Prior to coming
to Michigan Tech, she spent 2 years as an Accountant at Northern Michigan University.
She was responsible for their grant and contract accounting and assisted in . . .

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Dessellier was appointed secretary of the Board of Trustees by the Michigan Technological
University Board of Trustees, the University's governing body, in July 2016. In this
administrative role she supports the board in policies and ordinances, assists with
meetings, and with liaison activities between trustees and a variety of stakeholders.
She works closely with the board, president, and other executive team members to fulfill
university objectives and goals. She manages and provides leadership for the office
functions of the president and ensures communication among executive team members
consistent with the University’s strategic goals.

Dessellier also serves as corporate secretary for the Michigan Tech Fund Board of
Directors and for non‐profits Superior Innovations and Michigan Tech Entrepreneurial
Support Corporation (MTESC), the University's technology transfer arms that assist
faculty and students in startups and other innovative endeavors. In addition, Dessellier
is Michigan . . .